Corrupt UAW boss wore wire while playing golf with union brothers

by Justin | Jan 22, 2021 | Administration Caucus, UAW Corruption Scandal

Prosecutors on Wednesday said a United Auto Workers official caught in a years-long corruption scandal deserves probation because he helped prosecutors convict two former presidents and secure federal oversight of the belabored union. Edward “Nick”...

Nelson Lichtenstein: Opening the Door to a More Democratic UAW

by Justin | Jan 19, 2021 | Administration Caucus, Labor Notes, Nelson Lichtenstein, Organizing, UAW Corruption Scandal

“The UAW has been a one-party regime for many decades because the union convention, which elects all the top national officers, has been tightly controlled by an “Administration Caucus,” which routinely wins an overwhelming proportion of the delegate vote.Actual...

Wearing wires put convicted UAW official ‘at risk,’ lawyer says

by Justin | Jan 14, 2021 | Administration Caucus, UAW Corruption Scandal

Wearing wires in meetings with United Auto Workers leaders put a convicted former union official “at risk,” according to a federal court filing from Edward “Nick” Robinson’s lawyer Wednesday requesting that he serve probation instead of...

The Saddest Union Story

by Justin | Dec 20, 2020 | Administration Caucus, UAW Corruption Scandal, Walter Reuther

The two main factions that built the UAW in the 1930s and ’40s—Reuther’s social democrats and their communist-dominated opposition—were both comprised of highly talented idealists who saw the union as a vehicle to build a more egalitarian America. They attracted like...

Auto Workers to Vote on Direct Elections

by Justin | Dec 19, 2020 | Administration Caucus, Labor Notes, One Member One Vote, TDU, UAW Corruption Scandal, UAWD in the News

The UAW could join the Teamsters and several other unions which have direct rank-and-file votes for International officers. The Teamsters Union adopted that system in a 1989 settlement of a major racketeering case; the one-member-one-vote system was proposed by...

Member Advisory Committee On Ethics

by Justin | Dec 19, 2020 | Administration Caucus, UAW Corruption Scandal

The UAW invites members interested in serving on the committee to read the full announcement below and direct their communications to UAW Ethics Officer Wilma Liebman at:  [email protected] Read the statement here.